different between xerophilic vs xyrophilic

English

xero- +? -philic

xerophilic (comparative more xerophilic, superlative most xerophilic)

Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.

xyro- (“razor-like”) +? -philic

xyrophilic (not comparable)

(botany, rare) Having sharp, razor-like leaves.
- 1985, Reid Badger and Lawrence A. Clayton [eds.], Alabama and the Borderlands: From Prehistory to Statehood (University of Alabama Press; ?ISBN, 9780817302085), page 22
  In Mexico and the American Southwest, lush well-watered plains were slowly replaced by arid lands with a xyrophilic plant cover.²?

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